Beale Street Baptist Church

First Baptist Church
Beale Street Baptist Church
Beale Street Baptist Church
Location in Tennessee
Beale Street Baptist Church
Location in United States
Location 379 Beale Ave., Memphis, Tennessee
Coordinates 35°08′19″N 90°02′54″W / 35.13861°N 90.04833°W / 35.13861; -90.04833 (First Baptist Church)Coordinates: 35°08′19″N 90°02′54″W / 35.13861°N 90.04833°W / 35.13861; -90.04833 (First Baptist Church)
Area 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built 1869 (1869)
Part of Beale Street Historic District (#92001581)
NRHP reference # 71000833[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP February 11, 1971
Designated NHLDCP July 29, 1993

Beale Street Baptist Church, also known as, First Baptist Church or Beale Avenue Baptist Church, is a historic building built on Beale Street by a congregation of freed slaves in Memphis, Tennessee. It was designed by the prominent Memphis architectural firm Jones & Baldwin, a partnership between Edward Culliatt Jones and Matthias Baldwin. Its foundation stone was laid in 1869, and it was constructed between 1871 and 1885.[2][3] In the late 1880s, the church also housed the newspaper office of Ida B. Wells, the famous civil rights journalist. Ulysses S. Grant and Teddy Roosevelt made visits to the church.[4]

The structure was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971,[4] and was included in an enlargement of the National Historic Landmark District of Beale Street in 1993.

  • "First Baptist Church, 379 East Beale Street, Memphis, Shelby County, TN (HABS - Historic Photos)". The Library of Congress. Retrieved 2018-04-24.

References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2013-11-02). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Guide to Historic Downtown Memphis By William Patton
  3. ↑ Lovett, Bobby L. "Beale Street". Tennessee Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
  4. 1 2 "First Baptist Church (Beale Street Baptist Church) - Memphis Heritage". Memphis Heritage. 2018-04-04. Retrieved 2018-04-24.


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